Are you practicing as an inferior, submissive Acupuncturist - relying on or accepting another practitioner’s diagnosis in determining how you can treat your patient?
Are you relying on a diagnosis from a chiropractor, a radiologist, a PT, or the a PCP? You may be disempowering yourself and practicing with a lack of confidence. These lead to subpar care for your patients.
Don’t take anything any other practitioner says as gospel, including a diagnosis for YOUR patient’s MSK/pain problem.
Information obtained from another practitioner/healthcare provider may be relevant in some regards, but it should NEVER guide your treatment. YOU are the one who assesses and determines what the patient needs. Not anyone else. When you treat based on a “diagnosis” the patient walks in with, that takes away from your care. YOU determine the best course of care using your tools/skills/knowledge.
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If you treat patients with plantar fasciitis, this video is worth your time. Anthony breaks it down with key treatment targets you might be missing.
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@Exstoreman @JoshuaSwart My regular tennis patient said:
I tore my plantar again last Saturday. Same foot, same feeling. Haven't gone to doc or gotten mri but feel exactly the same. Unfortunately they can't see me til Tuesday 2:45 and then imaging will come after...want me to push out til I know more?
- Should I wait for her to get an MRI to confirm that her plantar fascia or achilles tendon was torn before I treat her, or should I just treat her before that imaging appointment? Thank you! Sarrah
@JoshuaSwart I always hear about people niching down but also writing articles to discuss their niche.
Treating MSK and there are many conditions that fall under that category.
Would you say there are major categories and minor categories of niching?
What articles are essential for a MSK EXSTORE practitioner? What image creation is essential?
What articles do you feel are needed for promoting SEO of a website geared towards MSK for higher ranking over time so the algorithm picks up on your niching down by article promotion?
I have been rewriting a few articles from my website builder so they sound less mysticism and more scientific.
If there is a best scripted / article for talking about a topic then could there be collaboration of what is best said rather than us paying ghost writers separately? Most of the information seems the same but in slightly different words. Why not have a standardized article for EXSTORE practitioners so we can set a standard on what practitioners should know ...
Kenny Easley, Hall of Fame defensive back in the NFL passed away yesterday at the age of 66. He had to retire retire early because team doctors were giving him an absurd amount of nonsteroidal inflammatory drugs, which caused him to go into kidney failure and retire before the age of 30. Check out this excerpt of a New York Times article based on a piece written in a journal back in 2002. It’s important for athletes at all levels to have their own physicians and healthcare professionals so that they can act independently in the best interests of the athlete.
